Improvement in picture-frame-cord holders



F. H. MOORE. Picture Frame Cord Holder. No. 2011035.

Patented March 5, I878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIO H. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PlCTURE-FRAME-CORD HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,035, dated March 5,1878 application filed November 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC H. MOORE, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved AdjustablePicture-Frame-Oord Holder, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient devicefor attaching a picture or other frame to a cord, so as to dispense withthe necessity of tying a knot in the cord, and also to enable the deviceto be readily adjusted on the cord, so as to raise or lower the frame,as desired, while it is suspended, and without detaching the cord fromthe frame; and the invention consists of a hook, which is attached to orforms a part of a frame or casing, in which is pivoted a cam-lever, soarranged as to admit of a cord passing between the inner front wall ofthe casing or frame and the cam when the latter is raised,

, and when it is lowered or turned down upon the cord the latter will befirmly held and prevented from slipping through the said frame orcasing, and the greater the weight of the suspended frame the morefirmly will the cam bite or hold the cord.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a deviceembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the same.

Fig, 4 represents a modification of the hook or holding device.

Ais the casing or frame, composed of a piece of sheetmetal turned up toform sides or walls a a. Between the sides of the frame is pivoted at ba cam, 0, having a lever or thumbpiece, d, by which the cam is readilyturned on the pivot. At the lower end of the casing A, and forming partof the same, is a hook, e. The cord f, by which the frame is suspended,passes through the casing A in front of the cam c, the latter beingraised so that it can move freely. When the cordis in the desired placethe cam is turned down, so as to bite and hold the cord firmly inposition.

The frame or casing A may be struck out from a single piece of sheetmetal, and then bent into proper shape; or it may be cast.

The biting portion of the cam may be serrated or roughened, so as tocause it to take a firmer hold on the cord.

In operation, one end of the cord is attached to the ring at one side ofthe frame, the holding device being slipped upon the other end at aboutthe length required. The cord is then passed over the hook or nail uponwhich it is to hang, and the hook e is passed into the opposite ring ofthe frame, thus obviating the necessity of tying a knot in the cord.

Should it be desirable to hang the frame or picture a little higher orlower, all that is necessary to be done is to raise the cam and pass thecord through the casing or frame A. When the picture is at the desiredheight, the cam is closed and the cord firmly held in the proper place,the weight of the picture serving to increase its holding capacity.

When it'is desired to take the picture or frame down, the cord is easilyslipped from the device and drawn down from the holding hook or nail.

The device is simple, easily manipulated, and inexpensive.

I am aware that a clamping device for holding a cord is not new.

What I claim as my invention is- As a new article of manufacture, thehereindescribed picture-frame-cord holder, the same consisting of thecasing A, pivoted cam c, supported in shoulders a, and provided withprojecting thumb-lever d, and the hook 0, whereby the device may bereadily connected with the ordinary screw-eye upon the picture-frame, asand for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

F. H. MOORE.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMS, L. H. LATIMER.

